Charting when you sleep with your mouth open?

nursemama2be · November 2010

This is a little embarassing but I sleep with my mouth open at night. This morning it was really cold in our house. Does sleeping with my mouth open result in lower temps then if I was a closed mouth sleeper? I just started charting the last couple days so I'm still new so please don't flame me.

Mrs. Stew · November 2010

According to FF:

"I notice lower temperatures when I sleep with my mouth open or when I breathe through my mouth at night. Is this normal? What should I do about these temperatures?

When you sleep with your mouth open or breathe through your mouth at night, you may notice that your basal body temperatures are lower than usual. This is not unusual but there is really no way to correct the chart to account for this. If this happens only occasionally (due to nasal congestion with a cold for example) this should not have much impact on your chart. Simply make a note of the circumstances so that you will remember why that temperature seems out of place. One or two unusual temperature points will not usually affect your chart interpretation. You will still likely be able to see your ovulation pattern."

viloiakaclb · November 2010

It would be HILARIOUS if it did affect your temps in some weird way.

However, as long as you're consistent through a whole cycle you wont have any problems. Charting is very YOU-specific (we all have similar patterns that present themselves in different ways)

HappyAardvark · November 2010

You could temp vaginally... just sayin, not many people have that same problem as you're describing down there, sleeping with your mouth open

heathlyn9 · November 2010

HappyAardvark:
You could temp vaginally... just sayin, not many people have that same problem as you're describing down there, sleeping with your mouth open

This is exactly what I was going to suggest too. A lot of ladies that have problems with mouth breathing at night temp vaginally & it seems to make their temps less erratic. HTH!

Ricola · November 2010

Mouth breathers often have erratic charts, It can definitely impact your temperatures. Your best bet is to temp vaginally, quite a few women on thid board do this.

This is not really a flame worthy question, please don't be afraid to post! :-)

sep123 · November 2010

HappyAardvark:
You could temp vaginally... just sayin, not many people have that same problem as you're describing down there, sleeping with your mouth open

lmao! Seriously, though, I am a full-blown mouth breather and on my first cycle temping, it didn't seem to matter, as I had an obvious pattern. I figure if I breathe with my mouth open every night, then that's consistency!

nursemama2be · November 2010

@HappyAarvark I laughed out loud when I read that. I have to say I would not have the same problem if I temped "down there" but I think DH would bust up if he saw me doing that every morning. I will keep it in mind though.

Milliways · November 2010

Ricola:

Mouth breathers often have erratic charts, It can definitely impact your temperatures. Your best bet is to temp vaginally, quite a few women on thid board do this.

This is not really a flame worthy question, please don't be afraid to post! :-)

This times 100!

jellybean0110 · November 2010

HappyAardvark:
You could temp vaginally... just sayin, not many people have that same problem as you're describing down there, sleeping with your mouth open

I have a mental image of what sleeping with my vagina open would look like and -- although I don't really know how this would work -- it made me laugh!

jb2rn · November 2010

I am a mouth breather, and my temps appear to be lower than other's. However, I always sleep with my mouth open, so it's consistant at least. I hasn't made it more difficult for me to see my O date, etc.

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